Bastar

Bastar was a princely state in India during the British Raj, existing from 1324 to 1948, with Jagdalpur serving as its capital. Until the rise of the Maratha Confederacy, Bastar remained fairly independent until the 18th century; it became a British subject in 1861 as a part of the "Central Provinces and Berar". Bastar's last ruler, Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo, was pressured to join India during the 1947 Partition of India, and Bastar became a part of the state of Chhattisgarh. He would be assassinated by the police in 1965 for speaking out against the Indian National Congress government.